Improvement in fastenings for bottles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WILSON, OF PATERSON, N. J., AND JAMES WILSON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,653, dated July 24, 1866.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY WILSON, of Paterson, Passaic county, and State of New Jersey, and JAMES WILSON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fastening for Bottles; and we do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l represents a vertical central section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of sockets in the sides of the neck ot' a bottle, said sockets being intended to receive the ends of a swivel-strap in such a manner that said strap can be readily sprungin its sockets or removed therefrom, and that by turning the strap over the cork said cork is iirmly retained in its place and a bottle-fastening is obtained which is cheaply and easily applied and which does not interfere with the operation of cleaning the bottle.

A represents a bottle, the neck of which is provided with two sockets, a, one opposite the other, as clearly shown in the drawings. These sockets are intended to receive the ends b ofthe strap B, which, when the cork is in its place, is turned up over the same, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and which serves to hold said cork firmly in its place.

The strap B is simply sprung inte the sockets a, and it can easily be removed or attached whenever it may be desired. No additional wire is required to fasten the strap to the neck of the bottle, and the operation of attaching the straps is rendered easy and cheap; and, furthermore, in cleaning the bottle our straps can be readily removed and the bottles can be kept clean without trouble.

Our straps are made of hard brass or iron wire coated with tin, or of any other suitable material of suitable strength and durability to serve the purpose.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sockets a in the bottle A, in combination with the strap B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY VILSON. JAMES WILSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MGNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

